Saturday, October 11, 2008

A Little Morphine for a Saturday Night

Warning: Song May Contain Language That Some People Find Objectionable.

Let's take a look at three versions of "Sharks" by the 90's group, Morphine. Sadly, Morphine disbanded in 2000 when lead singer and slide bass player Mark Sandman died on stage of a heart attack.







These are two very good quality videos of the band performing. As you can see in the second video, Sandman was sweating profusely with a glazed look in his eyes.





Morphine had unusual instrumentation. Sandman played a two string slide bass, Colley played a baritone saxophone, and the group usually had a percussionist.

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